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Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla

Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla

by crgadmin | Dec 5, 2008 | Campaigns, Conservation, Uncategorized

Takamanda National Park forms part of an trans-boundary protected area with Nigeria’s Cross River National Park. The reserve is home to 115 Cross River gorillas‚ one third the population of the world’s rarest gorilla which is under threat from hunting,...
Continent-Wide UN Action Plan Seeks to Save the Gorilla

Continent-Wide UN Action Plan Seeks to Save the Gorilla

by crgadmin | Dec 3, 2008 | Campaigns, Conservation

Low-volume wood-burning stoves to protect forest habitat, alternative livelihoods to replace bush meat hunting with beekeeping and the promotion of ecotourism are among steps planned under the United Nations Year of the Gorilla 2009, launched today, to save of one of...
World premiere of a high-realist portrait of the Cross River gorilla

World premiere of a high-realist portrait of the Cross River gorilla

by crgadmin | Sep 25, 2008 | Campaigns, Wildlife Art

Vancouver, BC, Canada ‚Äì The first ever painting of a Cross River gorilla, Africa‚ most endangered primate, will be unveiled to the public for the first time on 19 October 2008, at the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre, in Langley, BC, Canada. The author...
World premiere of a high-realist portrait of the Cross River gorilla

B.C. couple on mission to save endangered gorilla band

by crgadmin | Jun 29, 2008 | Campaigns, Conservation, Wildlife Art

The gorilla stares out searchingly, a slight quiver on its lip, as it folds its fingers and holds its own hands. The image is strikingly real. But it’s also a painting. Coquitlam resident Daniel Taylor worked for months, painstakingly recreating the critically...
Conservationists Fear Cross River Gorillas Nearing Extinction

Conservationists Fear Cross River Gorillas Nearing Extinction

by crgadmin | Nov 23, 2007 | Campaigns, Wildlife Art

Buea, Cameroon – Wildlife conservationists have expressed fears that if nothing serious is done to rescue the 300 Cross River gorillas left in the world, they would soon be extinct. This was the preoccupation of some local and international wildlife artists who...
World Renowned Artist Paints in Limbe Wildlife Centre

World Renowned Artist Paints in Limbe Wildlife Centre

by crgadmin | Nov 12, 2007 | Campaigns, Wildlife Art

Limbe, Cameroon – Daniel Taylor, a high realism wildlife artists based in Canada, will paint in Limbe Wildlife Centre from 15-18 November 2007. Visitors will have free entrance to the centre during this period. On the 15th of November a creative art workshop...
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